Vermilion Pass
Vermilion Pass, elevation 1,680 m or 5,510 ft, is a high mountain pass in the Canadian Rockies, traversing the continental divide. It connects Kootenay National Park in the province of British Columbia with Banff National Park in Alberta.Photo: Ron Clausen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Whymper and Boom Mountain.
Mount Whymper
Peak
Photo: Ron Clausen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mount Whymper is a 2,845-metre mountain located in the Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada, in the Vermilion Pass area in Kootenay National Park.
Boom Mountain
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Boom Mountain is located north of Vermilion Pass and straddles the Continental Divide marking the Alberta-British Columbia border. It was named in 1908 after Boom Lake which is located right under the mountain.
Storm Mountain
Peak
Photo: Ron Clausen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Storm Mountain is a 3,158-metre mountain summit located on the Continental Divide on the shared border of Alberta and British Columbia in Canada. It is situated on the shared boundary of Kootenay National Park with Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies.
Vermilion Pass
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,695 metres
- Description: mountain pass on border of Alberta and British Columbia in Canada
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Improvement District No. 9, Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.22858° or 51° 13′ 43″ northLongitude
-116.04964° or 116° 2′ 59″ westElevation
1,695 metres (5,561 feet)Open location code
95356XH2+C4OpenStreetMap ID
node 797080461OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Vermilion Pass” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “pas de Vermilion”
- Catalan: “Pas de Vermilion”
- Cebuano: “Vermilion Pass”
- French: “Col Vermilion”
- German: “Vermilion Pass”
- Hebrew: “מעבר ורמיליון”
- Italian: “Vermilion Pass”
- Swedish: “Vermilion Pass”
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